Out-of-bounds Write Affecting e2fsprogs package, versions <1.43.4-2+deb9u2
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
High
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.07% (28th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN9-E2FSPROGS-540843
- published 7 Jan 2020
- disclosed 8 Jan 2020
Introduced: 7 Jan 2020
CVE-2019-5188 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:9
e2fsprogs
to version 1.43.4-2+deb9u2 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream e2fsprogs
package and not the e2fsprogs
package as distributed by Debian
.
See How to fix?
for Debian:9
relevant fixed versions and status.
A code execution vulnerability exists in the directory rehashing functionality of E2fsprogs e2fsck 1.45.4. A specially crafted ext4 directory can cause an out-of-bounds write on the stack, resulting in code execution. An attacker can corrupt a partition to trigger this vulnerability.
References
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-5188
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-5188
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2AKETJ6BREDUHRWQTV35SPGG5C6H7KSI/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6DOBCYQKCTTWXBLMUPJ5TX3FY7JNCOKY/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/03/msg00030.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/07/msg00021.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-02/msg00004.html
- https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2019-0973
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2019-5188
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4249-1/
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220506-0001/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2AKETJ6BREDUHRWQTV35SPGG5C6H7KSI/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6DOBCYQKCTTWXBLMUPJ5TX3FY7JNCOKY/